US politics
‘Muskovites’: The baby-faced squad dismantling foreign aid
America’s USAID is being pulled apart by a band of 19-24-year-old tech proteges hand-picked to slash government spending.
- Cameron Henderson
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‘Unlawful power grab’: Democrats declare war on DOGE amid ‘Elon takeover’ of government agencies
The Elon Musk-led attack on USAID and reports the businessman’s team had gained access to the Treasury’s massive payments system spurred Democrats into action.
- Michael Koziol
Starmer in the middle: Trump wedges British PM
Keir Starmer is stuck between a rock and a hard place in the growing transatlantic spat between the US and the European Union.
- Joe Barnes and Ben Riley-Smith
- Opinion
- Donald Trump
Greenlanders should join Trump’s America. They’d be richer and safer
The Greenlanders could be among the richest people on the globe if they allowed “The Great Developer” to take control of the island.
- Christopher Pyne
- Updated
- Donald Trump
Rupert Murdoch in Oval Office as Trump shakes up trade ties with Mexico, Canada
The US president paused tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports and praised the “legendary” media mogul even as he lashed Murdoch’s newspaper, The Wall Street Journal.
- Michael Koziol
- Editorial
- For subscribers
Trump tariff hikes will hit his most ardent supporters
The Donald Trump march to chaos continues unimpeded in Washington, DC.
- The Herald's View
- Analysis
- Trade
Trump has lobbed a trade bomb at Canada. It may just blow up in his face
Canadians are naturally wondering why their long-standing status as close neighbours, friends, allies and partners seems to count for nothing.
- Michael Koziol
From avocados to whisky – this is where Americans will pay for tariffs
For American families, the likely result of Trump’s trade war with Mexico and Canada is higher prices nearly everywhere they turn, including guacamole, pancakes and alcoholic drinks.
- Danielle Kaye
- Opinion
- Trade wars
Trump fires first shot in his self-destructive war on the world
Donald Trump has spent the first two weeks of his second term as president sowing chaos and fear within the United States. Now he’s doing the same around the world.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
Where to now for divided US Democrats as they struggle to oppose Trump
Elected Democrats have no shared understanding of why they lost the election, never mind how they can win in the future.
- Lisa Lerer and Reid J. Epstein
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